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The men had three pool matches yesterday and needing to finish top of the pool to qualify for the semi finals they went three for three with wins over Zambia (54-0), Kenya (40-7) and Canada (33-7). A Fijian player was then sinbinned for a risky tackle with a minute left in the first half and New Zealand should have made the most of it, but Regan Ware dropped the ball over the tryline, blowing what should have been a guaranteed try on the stroke of half-time.

Hanley Ramirez rounds third base in front of Oriole Danny Valencia after the Red Sox DH hit a two-run home run in the first inning Saturday. Ramirez is hitting third against right-hander Alex Cobb. The injury happened when Betts collided with Orioles catcher Chance Sisco in the first while scoring on Andrew Benintendi's double. "You know when you visit someone and they're confident and tell you the things that you want to hear?" I saw him in October.

And, boy, did the Warriors shine brightly. "We know what it takes to win". "You know, we want to get back to that, regardless of what everyone is saying", said Green after the match. A lot of people tend to forget what we're capable of. "I think we focused in on just trying to win every possession on the defensive side of the ball", Kevin Durant said.

We were close to nicking it but Swansea will probably feel they deserved a point. The first big chance came after 21 minutes as Jordan Ayew controlled Luciano Narsingh's cross before seeing his goalbound shot deflect wide for a corner. It gave the Swans momentum, but the wind was nearly taken out of their sails three minutes later as Seamus Coleman rattled the crossbar. Carvalhal sent on Tammy Abraham in an attempt to sharpen his team's attack and fellow substitute Nathan Dyer sent a ...

After complaining to the referee at the end of the first half, the Catalan manager was told not to return for the second part of the game, having watched the rest of it from the stands. The damage in this instance was done in the first leg, when he employed an unfamiliar system that featured Ilkay Gundogan on the right wing and centre half Aymeric Laporte at left back.

And Bob Stoops restored OU football to its rightful place in college football as a perennial championship contender. Boren needed help getting to his seat off the podium. Oklahoma revealed the statue of Stoops before its annual spring game. Not only did Stoops pull the Sooners from the lows of the Gary Gibbs/Howard Schnellenberger/John Blake years, but he also set the team up for long-term, sustained success and handed the reins to a worthy successor in Lincoln Riley.

The official was targeted after awarding a last-gasp penalty to Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final against Juventus . Oliver is 33 and has been refereeing in the Premier League for eight years, while having also taken charge of several Champions League games prior to Madrid v Juventus.

The 52nd career pole for the German comes on the back of a strong run in Bahrain , where the team had the quickest auto over the weekend and they will be further buoyed by this performance It is their first pole in China since Rubens Barrichello was quickest in 2004 and the first time Mercedes have been beaten to the front of this grid here since 2012.

Jose Mourinho wants more from Paul Pogba. But Mourinho pointed out that Rashford's 98 games under his stewardship are more than any other player in the United squad. We are not going to do anything insane", said Mourinho. Pep Guardiola's side have dominated the Premier League this season and will wrap up the title if United were to lose at home to West Brom on Sunday , or on Wednesday against Bournemouth .

With Conor McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC ) in limbo and Tony Ferguson (23-3 MMA, 13-1 UFC) injured, Poirier believes the timing is right of him to slide his way into a title matchup against "The Eagle". "I don't fight to win or lose". "I've paid my dues", Poirier said. Gaethje targeted Poirier's legs with kicks from the opening bell and the strategy appeared to be paying off as it took its toll on his mobility.

Caddied by her sister Britt, Henderson had a 12-under 276 total over four windy days at Ko Olina Golf Club, four shots clear of Azahara Munoz of Spain. "The first few rounds I had it going and I felt confident with it; then on the back nine I just kept missing". Henderson came into the week ranked 14th and in a comfort zone.

With a wealth of experience behind him, the three-time Olympic silver medalist will start the gold medal match as favorite but he has to be at his best to fend away the threat from the in-form Indian shuttler. The Malaysian ace overpowered his Indian opponent 19-21, 21-14, 21-14 en route to his third gold medal in total at Commonwealth Games. Trying as he might, Srikanth did everything to launch a comeback, but such was Lee's brilliance that he was restricted to 14 points.

It failed on three power-play chances, including a brief 5-on-3 late in the first period, as Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne came up with some clutch stops. Leading scorer, top 5 scorer in the National Hockey League and Hart Trophy nominee, Nathan MacKinnon netted a backhand a little over 30 seconds after the Johansen's goal to pull within one to end the second.

Two power forwards paced the Heat . The rookie point man cranked out 17 points (5-13 fg, 7-10 ft), 14 assists, and nine rebounds. Philadelphia used a 34-18 third quarter burst to turn a four-point halftime deficit into a 90-78 lead. Miami led at the half 60-56, but the Sixers went on a 15-point run as the momentum shifted their way. But since then, he's dominated, looking like the best player on the court because, well, he is.

Of course, Salah soon shut all of those Liverpool fans up with his 40th goal of his debut campaign at Anfield after heading in from a brilliant Trent Alexander-Arnold goal. "We played against a very good team today, one of the best in Europe and they are showing it, it was a tough test and we learned a lot", Howe said after the match.

Albion had chances in the second half to draw level. "As far as we are concerned, these last five games have enormous importance irrespective of who we play". Last week we had Wilf Zaha and Andros Townsend up top, an 18-year-old on the bench. 'Why would I say we missed Benteke and his presence? "Options up front are a nice problem to have".

However, Mary, a five-time world champion, defeated Kristina O'Hara of Northern Ireland by a unanimous 5:0 verdict to take the women's 48kg title in probably her final CWG campaign. It looked like she would take the first game easily, but Sindhu staged a great comeback to narrow down the lead but Saina closed down the first game.

Just looking forward to getting this whole thing underway and my season started, get back to some normalcy in my life. J.D. Martinez had two hits and also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly during Boston's four-run first inning. Ramirez followed with a run-scoring double, and he later scored after Martinez reached on a throwing error by the typically sure-handed Manny Machado .

But there was, lost amid the testiness, some gentlemanly behavior. That's the hardest a Red Sox player has hit a ball since Major League Baseball started tracking these things. "I don't need to talk to him", Nevin said. The Yankees' comportment will again be tested in the coming days. Next time try to play nice, fellas.

The DA said in a statement it expected De Lille to inform them she was attending the memorial, as a courtesy. "Rest In Peace Mama Winnie". De Lille and the DA are at loggerheads , with the party laying bribery and corruption charges against her earlier this month.

Almost three years ago, with the Warriors trailing 2-1 in the NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers, he inserted the veteran forward in the starting lineup in place of Bogut. Without Leonard for nearly 90percent of the regular season, San Antonio won 47 games and secured the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference. We know how good we are.

Attention now turns to the Championship title, with Wolves nine points ahead of Cardiff City in second place. They were among the favourites to achieve promotion in 2018 having spent heavily, including signing Porto's Ruben Neves for £15.8 million.

Neymar has announced he believes he needs "about a month" before he can return from the fractured metatarsal and sprained ankle he suffered in February. "He may have time to play for us before the end of the season". PSG are also still hoping to get to the final of the French Cup on May 8. "The speed of his recovery in the next 10 days will allow the right date to be set for a return to training without any restrictions", was all PSG were willing to say in a statement.

Ian Poulter moved one shot off the lead at the RBC Heritage after shooting a seven-under-par 64 in the second round. DeChambeau, who won his first PGA title at last year's John Deere Classic, stood on 10-under 132 after 36 holes at Hilton Head, South Carolina, in the traditional return to tour golf after last week's Masters.

Settling for silver medals were Amit Panghal (49kg), Manish Kaushik (60kg) and Satish Kumar (+91kg) after losing closely-contested bouts here. Finally, Satish Kumar too had to settle for silver in the +91kg category in nearly a similar manner to that of Manish, losing the gold to England's Frazer Clarke on points.